Tag: Moore County

Guzzling Timmy’s kool-aid in The Pilot’s newsroom

Posted on September 8, 2012September 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Very few people outside of The Pilot’s newsroom take county commissioner Tim Lea seriously. That became crystal clear in the 2008 GOP primaries, when Lea barely eked

Is Tim Lea playing TOO nice with Democrats?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I never cease to be amazed by some of the things said and done by allegedly Republican Moore County commissioner Tim Lea. For the last several months, Lea has been

Working Lands Protection Plan: a backdoor implementation of UN’s Agenda 21?

Posted on September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve learned to be wary of ANYTHING containing the word “sustainable” or any organization whose name contains the word “sustainable.” That word typically signals an intent to hamstring capitalists and

So, NOW she’s a “Tea Party person”

Posted on August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers is having quite a rocky relationship with folks in her new majority Republican district. A recent survey by Public Policy Polling found that she

Source: Justice Reinvestment Act likely played big part in Moore County murder case

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The discovery of an Aberdeen woman’s body near the county landfill, and her live-in boyfriend’s subsequent murder arrest, this week have a lot of people in the area

A travesty of justice in Moore County with a tragic ending

Posted on August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The body of a thirty-something Moore County woman was found Wednesday near the county landfill in Aberdeen. Check out one of the news accounts: A

The Pilot’s county government coverage goes from BAD to WORSE

Posted on August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I thought it would be hard for The Pilot to put someone worse than Florence Gilkeson on the county government beat. But there is a new

Timmy and his fertile imagination keep stirring up trouble

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A local politico — and faithful reader of this site — forwarded to me an email Moore County commissioner Tim Lea sent to him and several other

Moore County government internal documents paint rosy fiscal picture

Posted on August 22, 2012August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Sometimes, here at The Haymaker, things just mysteriously drop into our laps. (Those doggone little birds … ) We happened to get our hands an email sent out by Moore

Southern Pines Pilot owner lectures North Carolina voters from the comfort of his Tennessee home

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Frank Daniels III– cousin of Southern Pines Pilot publisher David Woronoff and one of four partners who own Moore County’s Pulitzer Prize winning thrice weekly paper — is mighty disappointed